Goo

Disgusting goo! Yesterday I had the molds done for my dentures. This involved lots of
goo on two plastic plates being put into my mouth one at a time. The goo is extremely thick
paste and just awful. The top mold didn't want to come off my gums and it hurt to be removed.
I also about choked on the top one as my gag reflex really acted up. But thankfully they are done.
I go back on the 31st for adjustments. I think in total I'm looking at another 3-4 weeks before I have my dentures.

Afterwards, we stopped by the butcher shop to get some meat for dinner. Yay meatloaf b/c its soft!
There was an older gentleman with vit on him. Mom & I chatted with him a bit but while he knew he had it, didn't seem to know much about it. His vit was much more spread than mine and he did say it had spread a lot in the past year.  The man didn't know it was an autoimmune condition though.

I have a heart

developing on my left cheek. I wondered how my face would react to the surgery. I've healed very, very well. The heart isn't a definite vit spot yet but it's developing for sure. I took a picture & lightly traced it to help show it better. I think its a double heart but I can't be sure. What do you all think? 

I noticed I also have one my neck too. 

I have a spot that was a butterfly on my arm but its changing slightly :(

There is also an umm rather falic one located on an inner upper thigh too.

That one has been around. I won't show it but you can imagine

what it looks like lol. Oh btw, I have started gently brushing my

gums now. Was given the okay by the surgeon.

I go on the 16th for my dentures molds.

Dental Work

Today marks one week since I had all remaining teeth removed. I was asleep during the dental surgery thankfully. I am healing well and am eating soft foods with little pain. In a week or two I will begin the process to have dentures at 36 years old. I didn't always have dental problems. I developed them after developing autoimmune & Vitiligo.  I am looking forward to not being a monster or addict any longer once I have my dentures.
I had several bad experiences over the last 5 years with dentists which scared me from them.
Being called an addict by one (which I never was) and painful experiences at another will do that.
I tried to take care of my teeth but they continued to decay. I believe I have another autoimmune condition and have written about autoimmune here.
I am hoping to start seeing an autoimmune specialist here in the near future & possibly get a better idea of what exactly is going on with my body. Why,even with caring for my teeth, did they continue to decay?
I'll be sharing my dental journey as I go along.

World Vitiligo Day 2014

I did a small photo collage to show off some of my spots for World Vitiligo Day 2014. 

Didn't realize until I saw the photo of my face that is progressed to my lips. Oh well.My spots

are more white than the show in the photos. My graphics program changed the color

slightly on them. 

 I do have it elsewhere but we won't get into those places lol

As always rock the spots!

Folic Acid & B12

There was a post today in Vitiligo Pride Facebook group, (which if you are on Facebook, & comfortable discussing your Vit, I highly suggest joining.) by a member concerning Folic Acid. She had never been told by her doctor that she may need it. I thought I would do some reading & research about it as I didn't know either. It seems that the combination of Folic Acid & B12 can have benefits for those of us with Vitiligo.

You can read more at these sites.

Healing Vitligo

Vitiligo Support

I would also suggest this link to familarize yourself

with which herbs to avoid that can do more damage

than good since we do have an autoimmune.

Research Project

I'm starting a research project. I want to know how many of us have Vitiligo & another autouimmune condition. It doesn't matter which came first, if you have documented diagonsis of both, let me hear from you. I want to see what the numbers are. With all of the research I have done, there defintely seems to be a pattern.

So come on, let me here from you.

You can read my previous post about autoimmune here

Next Top Model

So this was posted to my Facebook by a family member. I wanted to verify it before I posted about it here - just in case it wasn't true - we all know how Facebook is. But yep sure enough is competing.. I think this is so wonderful - to be competing to be a model ( which is tough enough we know ) and to be doing it while not hiding her vitiligo - that is so great. What a great message to send - that you can do this & be two colors - or have what others might consider imperfections. It really is great to see.

You can vote for her here. I haven't watched the show before but will be keeping tabs on her.